"Screenplay nominees" refers to the scripts or written stories that have been chosen as potential winners or finalists in a category of filmmaking called "screenplay." These nominees are the selected works that could potentially receive recognition or awards for their storytelling and writing in the film industry.
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-- «Call Me by Your Name» adapted
screenplay nominee James Ivory, on being the second oldest nominee, behind Agnes Varda by a week, in an Associated Press interview.
So, over at The Wrap Steve Pond gets down to it, with a lot of good stats for us: No Oscar nominee has served as host
since screenplay nominee Paul Hogan was one of three hosts at the 59th Academy Awards.
The Best Original
Screenplay nominees include Nebraska, Her, and American Hustle, while the Best Adapted category is filled out by the likes of Before Midnight, Captain Phillips, and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Or it could just mean that the Globes have five
fewer screenplay nominees than the Oscars or Writers Guild of America awards, which divide adapted and original — and that's where The Big Sick will find its recognition down the road.
On display in Awardsline's second gallery are Lion star Dev Patel, Best Original Song nominee Justin Timberlake, Loving «s Ruth Negga, Original
Screenplay nominee Taylor Sheridan, and the Hacksaw Ridge team of Mel Gibson and Andrew Garfield.
«To all the dreamers out there, we stand with you,»
said screenplay nominee and Pakistani American Kumail Nanjiani («The Big Sick»), a not - so - veiled gesture of solidarity to the children of undocumented immigrants.
AARON SORKIN, MOLLY»S GAME BEST
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY NOMINEE «This nomination represents the great work of hundreds of people — from STX and our producers to Jessica Chastain and the entire cast and crew.
Amazon Prime has the Best
Original Screenplay nominee The Big Sick, which is based on the true story of writer / star Kumail Nanjiani, who bonded with his future wife over her sudden illness.
Two Best
Screenplay nominees are available to stream.
The Greek director earned similar mixed reactions for last year's Best Original
Screenplay nominee «The Lobster.»
BEST
SCREENPLAY Nominees: Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor, «The Shape of Water» Greta Gerwig, «Lady Bird» Liz Hannah & Josh Singer, «The Post» Martin McDonagh, «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» Aaron Sorkin, «Molly's Game»
Damien Chazelle is also an Academy wunderkind of sorts, so seeing his name pop up among the Best Director or Best Original
Screenplay nominees wouldn't be surprising.
That's in addition to the Oscar nominees still playing in town: A Separation (Best Foreign Language and Best Original
Screenplay nominee) is still at The Egyptian, Albert Nobbs (Best Actress and others) is running at the Harvard Exit, Pina (Best Documentary) is in 3D at The Cinerama (could you find a better venue for it?)
Yet despite that — and despite a Golden Globe win Sunday — Sorkin's name wasn't called when the adapted
screenplay nominees were listed Thursday.
Many thought «Whiplash» could miss out entirely on
a screenplay nominee because of the late change, but the work rose to the occasion and now it arguably has an even better shot at winning.
But some picks were difficult, including several by Stone, who predicted all eight Best Picture nominees, nine of the 10
screenplay nominees (missing only on «Gone Girl»), «The Tale of the Princess Kaguya» for Best Animated Feature, and «Unbroken» for both sound categories.
But there's less of a chance you'll have seen
the screenplay nominees.
A few other quick thoughts — it's nice recognition for A Better Life «s Best Actor nominee Demián Bichir, Best Documentary nominee Hell and Back Again, and particularly Best Original
Screenplay nominee A Separation.